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749 So. 2d 41 - Sharp v. White’s Empirical Analysis

1999

Citation profile

19
cited by 19 later decisions
1
states following
May 2018
most recently cited

19 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 511 So. 2d 112 - Dethlefs v. Beau Maison Development Corp. · 21 Ill. 2d 525 - Petersen v. Corrubia · Myers v. Blair · PATTERSON v. Harris · 501 So. 2d 1110 - Roy v. Kayser

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “[U]se by express or implied permission or license, no matter how long continued, cannot ripen into an easement by prescription, since adverse use, as distinguished from permissive use, is lacking.”
    4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “use by express or implied permission or license, no matter how long continued, cannot ripen into an easement by prescription since adverse use is lacking.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “whether a use is prescriptive or permissive is ordinarily a question of fact to be determined by the chancellor.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

How this case has been treated — in progress

Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.